As soon as Du Xinghe entered the auditorium, he saw a black man in a white sweater singing "My Kentucky Hometown" on the stage, and Rao was stunned.

I was just walking on the campus of SU University and saw a few foreign students, but Du Xinghe didn't expect that some foreign students would participate in the concert of the guitar club. Look at the black man's jiashi, obviously participating in the rehearsal!

This song "My Kentucky Hometown", Du Xinghe appreciated it in the previous person, when he was at the Central Conservatory of Music, one of the major courses was Western music history. So I know a lot about Stephen Foster, the author of this song.

This Stephen Foster, an American composer of the mid-nineteenth century, was not affected by the Chinese butterfly effect, and his identity and resume are exactly the same as those of the previous one.

And this song is one of Stephen Foster's masterpieces, and its musical material is as concise as ever, almost just a simple repetition of one sentence, but the structure is very complete, so that people do not feel monotonous.

Unlike the climaxes of other songs, which are as lyrical and free-spirited, the climactic tone of this song is not high-pitched, but as reassuring as the tone, which is very intimate. The vocal range of the whole song does not exceed an octave.

In Du Xinghe's memory, this song should be a very catchy classic old song, but it was sung by the big black man in the center of the stage, but it seemed to be a slowed down version of the black RAP, he was completely talking about the lyrics, and he couldn't deduce the simple and sincere emotions of the original song.

Du Xinghe can only describe this kind of performance in four words, that is, it is really bad!

The four Chinese students paired with the black man, a Chinese quartet with a high pitch. Not bad. If only those four students sang this song in Chinese, the effect would be much better.

"Honey."

He was enduring the torture of his ears by the big black man in the center of the stage, when he suddenly heard an even more unbearable call behind him.

Du Xinghe turned around and saw Lu Qin walking towards him with a boy in a white sports coat.

This boy is quite tall, 1.85 meters, like most college boys who love fitness, he is very strong. At first glance, he looks like a strong version of Xiao Shenyang, but his eyes are smaller than Xiao Shenyang, and they are really two slits.

Needless to introduce, this guy must be the Li Yang in Lu Qin's mouth.

Now that one of the main protagonists of acting is coming. Du Xinghe had no choice but to accept Lu Qin's title.

Lu Qin came over. took Du Xinghe's arm intimately and introduced Du Xinghe: "This is Li Yang, I mentioned to you, he is the backbone of the guitar club." The guitar is played very well. It's also great to write songs. You can focus on it. ”

Du Xinghe smiled at Li Yang and nodded: "Hello." And took the initiative to reach out and shake hands.

On the way to the auditorium, Li Yang was told by Lu Qin that his master was the owner of a record company. He also thought that Du Xinghe was a mature middle-aged.

Unexpectedly, after a meeting, I found that Du Xinghe was a child who didn't even have hair on his mouth, and he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, which was quite surprising!

How could Lu Qin find such a person as a boyfriend?

Li Yang is extremely incomprehensible!

Frowning, he casually shook hands with this "master" who was several years younger than him, and didn't even say a word of "hello". In his eyes, this guy is not worthy of Lu Qin at all!

Lu Qin saw that Li Yangmu shook hands with Du Xinghe, and he didn't speak, and said with a smile: "Why are you so rude, and you don't call a master?" ”

"Oh......" Li Yang was urged by Lu Qin, so he reluctantly called Du Xinghe: "Master." ”

Du Xinghe smiled slightly, thinking that this kid's personality is really fleshy, not as generous as Lu Qin said, or he has hostility towards him.

"What kind of song is this, it's so ugly." After turning her attention from Du Xinghe to the big old black in the center of the stage, Lu Qin was extremely speechless, she only praised Du Xinghe for a long time about the high level of the guitar club, but she didn't expect to hear such a song as soon as she came in, it was really embarrassing for her!

Xu Jingwei could be seen sitting in the audience rubbing her temples from a distance, and Lu Qin asked Li Yang puzzled: "This black classmate won't sing this song at the concert, right?" How did your president decide, why did she want such a performance? ”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "It's not set by the president, it's decided by the school, and this James classmate must sing this song, in order to express his support for his black compatriots." ”

"You don't have to be like this if you want to support! This song is so ugly! ”

"I also think this song is so ugly." Li Yang obviously talked a little more in front of Lu Qin. And he talked to Lu Qin, not looking at Du Xinghe at all. He really couldn't recognize that Du Xinghe, a little kid, was Lu Qin's boyfriend.

"Honey, do you think this song is saved? Can you change this song, it's too ugly! Lu Qin couldn't accept James's interpretation at all, so she had to turn to Du Xinghe for help.

"It's not a bad song, it's just that this black classmate didn't sing it in the right way." Du Xinghe expressed his opinion.

Li Yang disagreed with Du Xinghe's statement, and said with a faint hostility: "The singing is right, this song is also difficult to listen to, right?" This song is super earthy, and it is said to be an old song before the American Civil War. ”

Lu Qin said in surprise: "Before the Civil War? It's so early. ”

"Yes, the person who wrote this song, who seems to be quite famous in the United States, is called Steft. This song was written by him to his hometown of Kentucky, and the name is "My Kentucky Hometown". Li Yang specially introduced the background of this song to Lu Qin, and also showed Du Xinghe his erudition.

Lu Qin said: "This classmate named James, I remember that he is from Kentucky, no wonder he wants to sing this song." ”

The temperature in the auditorium was very high, Li Yang pulled the zipper of his sports jacket down, let out a breath, and continued to introduce to Lu Qin: "Yes, James's hometown is Kentucky, and he is a fellow countryman with Steft. There should have been a lot of black slaves over there during the Civil War, and this song is about the story of the black slaves over there. Speaking of which, black people are really poor in music, and the songs they write are so pale. ”

Lu Qinbai glanced at Li Yang and said, "You guy, how can you have such racist thoughts?" ”

Li Yang hurriedly shook his hand: "I'm not racist, I'm seeking truth from facts." I love this black brother, he plays basketball really well, and I admire his physical talent. But when it comes to singing, he really can't do it. ”

Du Xinghe casually interjected: "It's true that he doesn't sing very well, but it may also be that the singing path is wrong, his sense of rhythm is quite haode, but he is not suitable for singing this kind of song that is too slow and lyrical." ”

Li Yang heard Du Xinghe's evaluation of James, a little disdainful, and said, "He also calls the rhythm good?" I feel like he sings in the same key. ”

"A key doesn't mean a bad sense of rhythm, and fellow black people are inherently good at rhythm, just as good as their athletic talent."

"Anyway, I don't know how good he is. Also, I don't think this song is lyrical, the Chinese version of the quartet is lyrical, but James sings no lyrical feeling at all. ”

The hostility in his heart made Li Yang completely disagree with Du Xinghe's identity as a teacher, so Li Yang also disagreed with Du Xinghe's words.

Lu Qin could smell a hint of vinegar in Li Yang's words, and smiled and played a round: "Maybe the lyrical way of black compatriots is different from ours, maybe we think they are not lyrical, but they themselves sound very lyrical, you see how involved James sings, he must feel very lyrical." ”

Li Yang agreed with Lu Qin's words: "Well, it's probably so, we can't understand their lyrical way, only James himself can taste the creative emotions of Steft, the original author of this song." After all, they share the same skin tone. ”

Du Xinghe really couldn't listen to it, he thought that the students of Su University were very open-minded and would know more about foreign cultures, but this Li Yang didn't know about foreign music at all! Even the author of this song, Stephen Foster, is white and black! It's a shame that he is not from a professional class, if the students of the conservatory here say this about Stephen Foster, Du Xinghe will have to vomit blood!

Lu Qin turned back to the previous topic and asked Du Xinghe for help: "My dear, do you think this song can be changed?" ”

Du Xinghe sighed: "There is no need to change this song at all, it is a classic in itself, but this James sings poorly." ”

Li Yang disdainfully: "This song is also a classic? Fellow blacks don't have to be the only ones who have this level of creativity, right? ”

Du Xinghe glanced at Li Yang pitifully, and had to hit his confidence, and said: "The author of this song is not called Steft, the correct pronunciation of his name is Stephen Foster, and he is not black, but white." ”

Li Yang was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little reluctant to believe what Du Xinghe said. For this song, he only listened to a few ears of introduction from James, and he didn't know much about it, not to mention the original author of this song, he had all associated it himself, so he wasn't so sure.

Lu Qin was very surprised when she heard Du Xinghe say so surely, she didn't expect Du Xinghe to dabble in American music culture! His eyes lit up at once, and he asked adoringly, "Have you heard this song?" ”

Du Xinghe said indifferently; "Of course, anyone who has studied Western music will usually come across this song."

Li Yang hummed and said, "It's just contact, are you sure that the author of this song is white?" If so, he weishenme wrote about his hometown of Kentucky? Isn't it a Southern state where blacks are concentrated? ”

Du Xinghe said helplessly: "Foster just wrote this song from a black perspective." Also, Kentucky is not a southern state in the United States, let alone Foster's hometown. Born in 1826 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stephen Foster was a native of the Eastern United States. (To be continued......)